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Iowa City Daily Links: August 22

Every day Iowa City Patch.com will post links to some of the stories in the area you may have missed, and a few more that will be important to know as you enjoy your day.

As always, I'll start with links to stories on this site, but then I'll venture out into the world of other publications. Feel free to suggest links to stories that I might have missed and I can add them during the day.

From Iowa City Patch

Police are looking for info on an assault on a man who was walking home Sunday morning by .

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Welcome back, students. Panchero's is after 4 p.m. on Tuesday and you can compete again Iowa State to be the best burrito eaters. I'm not sure you really want that title but there you have it.

For fans of our 365 project, I put together a gallery of of 34 photos.

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We have posted our  of local Republicans in Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire, and what they think about the Republican presidential race. We should have a new survey going out this week.

I have a running list going of Iowa State Fair 

From Other Sites:

Jordyn Reiland of the Daily Iowan writes about the University of Iowa welcoming a record-size-breaking freshman class this week. Good luck at your first class today students.

On a totally unrelated note, Iowa City underage alcohol charges surged this weekend compared to last year at this time, so says Brittany Till of the Daily Iowan, with infographic to boot. 

John Stark of the Daily Iowan writes about the ACLU of Iowa's effort to bring more open government records to the public.

B.A. Morelli created a media story package for the Press-Citizen after his three-day trip down the Iowa River.

Josh O'Leary of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes about a new frozen yogurt joint in Iowa City.

O'Leary also has a cool story about a Coralville woman who is continuing her martial arts instruction and living her life to the fullest despite battlinga rare form of cancer.

Speaking of Coralville, the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts opens this Saturday, writes Stephanie Wise for the Press-Citizen. Good luck guys!

The schedule for the Iowa City School Board candidate forums has been announced. 

Flawed GOP Field Thrills Democrats, from the Chicago Sun Times. That headline says it all.

Daily Links Quote of the Day: Randall Tippetts, an instructor under Matthews at Kang's, calls her ability to bounce back from surgeries -- not just this latest round, but the others over the years -- nothing short of incredible.

"The more cancer has tried to take from her, the more she would try to fight back with tae kwon do, and the more stubborn she got," Tippetts said.


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